McCombs and Mann were indicted on felony burglary and arson charges as well as on a charge of misdemeanor criminal mischief, authorities said. Young was indicted on felony arson and misdemeanor criminal mischief charges.

Police had said McCombs was a member of the Cragsmoor Fire Department.

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Police had said the arrests followed about two weeks of "intense investigation" by village police, beginning with a series of graffiti incidents that led up to a Nov. 8 house fire at 2 Roslyn Road.

Police said Ellenville, Kerhonkson, Napanoch and Cragsmoor fire departments responded to the 3:30 p.m. house fire, which took several hours to contain. The Ulster County Arson Task Force determined the fire was deliberately set, police said.

Police said the house was empty at the time.

Police said the three suspects initially set fire to a shed on the property. They also set fire to a tree, but that burned itself out. The three then entered the house and ignited fires in various places, police said.

Police said the three were responsible for a series of recent graffiti incidents in the village, spraying the words "kake," "big mac with cheese" and "donuts," along with various obscenities, at locations in the village.

Young was already facing felony arson and other charges, having being accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at a parked school bus and a vacant commercial building within a three-week period, police said.